Maidstonevillan has been promoted to Division 3, so Richard takes over the lead in Division 4, excellently played!He’s followed closely by a dedicated band of guessers also fiercely determined to break out asap! Only halfway through the season, so

anything can happen in the next half hour!( I find the Stingray quote always comes out at times like this.)

Congratulations to Sid 1964 and JUAN PABLO who have revived themselves from Division 5 by guessing. I know, I trailed these promotions last time. I’m just so excited! Keep going, guys.

Welcome to Horatio Hornblower and Dr Gonzo, the latest H&Vers to join Guess The Crowd.

A team has posted 2 numbers in the current round, saying one is for if the Upper T is open and the other guess, if not. You can see my reply and suggestion to resolve it, in GTC18. I referred to a previous statement about this situation so here it is:

( Taken from the GTC launch post this season)

‘VP capacity is still a bit of a mystery without the UT, but with it, it is 42,640 odd, from a figure published a couple of years ago...

Championship League games tend to be played without it. Opinion last season thought that current capacity could be anywhere between 32K - 35K +...

Also: Last season, Dr Tony opened the Upper Trinity - or parts of it - very late in the run-up to certain matches to sell more tickets. No idea if our new owners will do that. If they do, well, them’s the breaks, no second guesses allowed, sorry!’

How it works:I use the Villa’s own ticket sales page on the official site to check whether the whole of the Trinity is available for a home match and I monitor @avfcofficial, as well.

Sometimes the Club announces that the whole ground is open well before the match. Sometimes, they start with it closed, then suddenly open Upper T with very few days to go, after a Guess The Crowd round on here has already begun. Sometimes they don’t open it at all.

I update the GTC round with new information about the UT status as soon as I know, and so do other players.

We played GTC like this with no second guesses allowed if the UT suddenly opened, last season, so this is just continuing practice.